CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
Foundations
GLOSSARY
Primitive/Vernacular
Ancient Egyptian
Classical Greek
Roman
Byzantine
Romanesque
Profile: Vitruvius
Gothic
Islamic
Key Innovations
GLOSSARY
The Arch
The Dome
The Vault
The Beam
Profile: Palladio
The Column
The Buttress
The Frame
Projection
GLOSSARY
The Plan
Section
Elevation
Symmetry
Perspective
Axonometric Projection
Scale
Profile: Le Corbusier
Theories/Concepts
GLOSSARY
Proportion & the Golden Ratio
Form Follows Function
Solid–Void
Less is More
Profile: Louis Sullivan
Aesthetics
Historicism
Paper Architecture
Critical Regionalism
Ideas/Movements
GLOSSARY
Classicism
The Renaissance
Revivalism
Arts & Crafts
Avant-garde
Modernism
Organic Architecture
Profile: Frank Lloyd Wright
Metabolism
High-tech
Postmodernism
Styles
GLOSSARY
Baroque
Orientalism
Art Nouveau
International Style
Art Deco
Brutalism
Profile: I. M. Pei
Future
GLOSSARY
CAD
Profile: Richard Rogers
Creative Reuse
Biomimetics
Sustainable Architecture
APPENDICES
Resources
Notes on Contributors
Index
Acknowledgements